Weightless

Chapter 8

---Athena's P.O.V---

"I can take her from here" Nat said and I was uncuffed. She led me outside to a car and we got in.

"The hospital please" she begged and the driver started to do his job.

"Why did you switch sides?"

"I'm not answering" I responded. Once we got to the hospital Nat pushed me to a balcony. Once I was there she closed the door and left. It was just me.

"Nice crown, Thor's touch?" someone asked and I turned around, Tony.

"No, my own" I responded.

"Steve's not gonna stop. If you don't either" I added.

"Why are you telling me this when you're on his side?"

"Because" I answered.

"You keep switching sides! Pick one and stay there for god's sake!"

"I'd rather be in the middle" I responded and he groaned.

"Are you incapable of letting go of your ego for one goddamn second?" I asked.

"T'Challa told Ross what you did, so... they're coming for you" he responded.

"I'm not the one that needs to watch their back" I threatened turning around but Tony grabbed my wrist and pulled me against him.

"You are going to help me win this" he demanded.

"What do I get in return?" I asked, he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.

"Anything" he answered and he winked. I smiled. Then he looked at an holographic image that appeared on his watch.

"What am I looking at Friday?" he asked the AI.

"Priority upload from Berlin police" she answered.

"Fire up the chopper" he ordered. Tony grabbed my wrist and dragged me along with him to the helipad where he pulled me into the helicopter with him. We took off and it was really quiet.

"Could you heal-

"My powers can only heal where someone is cut or where something would be temporary not paralization" I responded.

"Have you ever tried?"

"No...."

"Then how do you know?" he asked as we flew over a sea.

"The Task Force called for a psychiatrist as soon as Barnes was captured. The UN dispatched Dr. Theo Broussard from Geneva within the hour. He was met by this man" Friday informed as holographic images popped up for us.

"Did you run facial recognition yet?" I asked Friday and Tony nudged me with his elbow.

"What do I look like?" Friday asked.

"Uh, I don't know. I've been picturing a red head" Tony answered.

"You must be thinking of someone else" the automated voice suggested.

"Must be" Tony mumbled.

"The fake doctor is actually Colonel Helmut Zemo, Sokovian Intelligence. Zemo ran Echo Skorpion, a Sokovian covert kill squad" she explained.

"So, what happened to the real Broussard?" he whispered.

"He was found dead in a Berlin hotel room. Where police also found a wig and facial prosthesis approximating the appearance of one James Buchanan Barnes" she announced.

"Son of a bitch. Get this to Ross" Tony ordered.

"Yes, boss" she said and the images went down. He sighed. I rolled my eyes and started to heal some of his face along with his arm.

"Thanks" he thanked and I nodded curtly.

"This is the Raft Prison Control. You're clear for landing, Mr. Stark" a guard said over the radio as a the raft prison came out of the water.

"So? You got the files? Let's reroute the satellites, start facial scanning for this Zemo guy" Tony told Ross a we got out of the aircraft.

"You seriously think I'm gonna listen to you after that fiasco in Leipzig? You're lucky you're not in one of these cells!" Ross punished.

"What is she doing here?!"

"She is helping" Tony responded and I rolled my eyes. Ross looks at us sternly and leads on through a thick, steel security door. Soldiers stand guard in an operations room. We look at a surveillance screen. It shows Wanda, sitting hunched and bedraggled in a cramped prison cell.

"Wanda" I mumbled and Tony elbowed me trying to tell me not to be affected by seeing this. Another security door opens. We walk into a chamber surrounded by large, bared windows. Beyond the windows are a number of prison cells. Tony takes in his surroundings as do I.

"The Futurist, gentlemen! The Futurist is here! He sees all! He knows what's best for you, whether your like it or not" Clint sneered as he started clapping. A tear slipped down my cheek thinking that he probably wont be able to see his family again.

"Give me a break, Barton. I had no idea they'll put you here. Come on" Tony begged. I stood there not wanting to get involved.

"Yeah, well, you knew they'd put us somewhere, Tony" Clint added then he spit.

"Yeah, but not some super-max floating ocean pokey. You know, this place is for maniacs. This is a place for..." Tony trailed off knowing that they would get mad.

"Criminals? Criminals, Tony. Think that's the word you're looking for. Right? That didn't used to mean me. Or Sam, or Wanda. But here we are" Clint continued as he stood up.

"Because you broke the law" I mumbled.

"Yeah" Barton said.

"I didn't make you!" Tony stated.

"La, la, la, la, la..." Clint repeated.

"You read it, you broke it" Tony accused.

"La, la, la, la la..." Clint continued.

"Alright, you're all grown up, you got a wife and kids. I don't understand, why didn't you think about them before you chose the wrong side?" Tony asked.

"You gotta watch your back with this guy. There's a chance he's gonna break it" Clint stated directing that at me and I nodded.

"Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark" Scott sneered and we walked over to him.

"Who are you?" Tony asked.

"Hey tic tac!" I greeted and he kept his face straight.

"How's Rhodes?" Sam asked.

"They're flying him to Columbia Medical tomorrow. So... fingers cross. What do you need? They feed you yet?" Tony asked.

"You're the good cop now?" Sam asked.

"I'm just the guy who needs to know where Steve went" Stark informed.

"Well, you better go get a bad cop, because you're gonna have to go Mark Fuhrman on my ass to get information out of me" Sam sassed.

"Oh, I just knocked the 'A' out of their 'AV'. We got about 30 seconds before they realize it's not their equipment" Tony said while tapping buttons on his watch.

"Just look. Because that is the fellow who was supposed to interrogate Barnes. Clearly, I made a mistake. Sam, I was wrong" Tony admitted as he showed a holographic image of Doctor Broussard.

"That's a first" I insulted.

"Cap is definitely off the reservation but he's about to need all the help he can get. We don't know each other very well. You don't have to..." Tony responded.

"Hey, it's alright. Look, I'll tell you... but you have to go alone and as a friend." Sam informed as he looked at me.

"Easy" Tony responded and Sam told us the information we needed.